Your Views: Second term for Obama is threat to America’s middle class

The Democrats intend to tax the middle class. A couple earning something over $250,000 does not make them rich, nor does over a $200,000 income for a single person.

If you live in New York City, L.A., Chicago or Miami, you might be lower middle class at best. Housing costs, food and other essentials are much more expensive in the big cities. Just consider the differential between the Canton area and Cleveland.

While Stark County nationally is still one of the least expensive urban areas in which to live, $250,000-plus is a middle-class income that may be nearer to the upper end of the scale in this area.

A very few times in the past, one could, between bonuses and a good housing market, exceed the magic income of $250,000, although that has definitely not happened in the last 31⁄2 years. Where did that extra income go? The person or people who earned it redistributed it.

It went to local businesses made up of your friends and neighbors; it went for a heat pump replacement, new energy-efficient windows, a down payment on a new vehicle, a bigger donation to the wounded warriors, a little more in the collection plate, and so on. It supported not only local jobs but also auto workers across the Midwest, window makers in Wisconsin and a warrior in Virginia.

But this type of redistribution and job creation is not acceptable. The government can do it better by supporting Solyndra and passing out Obama phones.

Remember, there are never enough funds for grandiose programs, and Obamacare is one of them. Hope that the middle-class independents, liberals and ultra-conservatives in this state and country vote to stop those who make them tax targets before the election and they become extinct.